MEDIA POLL: Sandpoint tied with Minico for third

The statewide football media poll is determined by a simple points system based on how each media member ranks the top five teams in each classification. A team receives five points for a first place vote, four points for a second place vote and so on down through the fifth place team, which receives one point. The rankings are set by listing the teams' point totals from highest to lowest. 

State Media Football Poll 

— Sept. 10, 2023 

6A Classification

1. Rocky Mountain (9) 2-0 49

2. Highland 3-0 30

3. Eagle (1) 1-1 28

4. Coeur d'Alene 2-1 18

5. Madison 3-0 10

Others receiving votes: Rigby 7, Meridian 3, Owyhee 3, Post Falls 2. 

5A Classification

1. Bishop Kelly (9) 2-0 49

2. Skyline (1) 1-1 33

T-3. Sandpoint 2-1 19

T-3. Minico 2-1 19

5. Pocatello 2-0 13

Others receiving votes: Lakeland 7, Columbia 4, Lewiston 3, Hillcrest 2, Twin Falls 1. 

4A Classification

1. Sugar-Salem (10) 3-0 50

2. Homedale 2-0 40

3. Fruitland 3-0 29

4. Buhl 2-0 16

5. Moscow 3-0 9

Others receiving votes: Marsh Valley 2, McCall-Donnelly 2, Gooding 1, Kimberly 1. 

3A Classification

1. West Side (10) 2-0 50

2. Aberdeen 2-0 37

3. North Fremont 2-0 28

4. Declo 2-1 22

5. Firth 2-1 7

Others receiving votes: Grangeville 4, Marsing 1, Ririe 1. 

2A Classification

1. Kendrick (8) 2-0 48

2. Butte County (2) 3-0 42

3. Raft River 2-0 29

4. Logos 2-1 14

5. Kamiah 2-0 6 

Others receiving votes: Grace 4, Valley 4, Hagerman 2, Potlatch 1. 

1A Classification

1. Dietrich (9) 2-0 49

2. Rockland 1-1 36

3. Garden Valley 1-0 22

4. Carey (1) 1-1 21

5. Tri-Valley 2-0 9

Others receiving votes: Lakeside 7, Wallace 5, Council 1. 

Voters: Brady Frederick, KTVB; Brandon Baney, IdahoSports.com; Max Oswald, Bonner County Daily Bee; Adam Engel, Times-News; Mark Nelke, Coeur d'Alene Press; Randy Isbelle, Lewiston Tribune; Allan Steele, East Idaho News; Race Archibald, Idaho Press; Kole Emplit, KMVT; Michael Lycklama, Idaho Statesman.